Telecom firms lack capability to monitor SMS
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's cellular companies are short of the capability or mechanism to "either filter or monitor" all the SMS and email traffic, as the number of messages crosses millions on a daily basis.
Resultantly, the Federal Investigation Authority (FIA) would launch an investigation into the matter only if it receives a complaint by any citizen, as each and every SMS or email cannot be monitored.
"No sir, we don't have the required mechanism in place, both hardware and software, that can monitor and then filter out SMS traffic," an official of a leading cellular company informed APP on Wednesday.
However, the official said that the company could track all voice and data traffic of GSM network, but that would require extra features to be added in the systems, which are not in place at this point in time. "This would require millions of dollars to be pumped into the system," he remarked.
When contacted, an Internet Service Provider (ISP) official was also empathetic to the cellular company official's version regarding monitoring of emails.
"The websites that contain inappropriate content can be taken down by requesting the respective host. However, tracking millions of emails is not an easy job and needs technical assistance as well as human resource," added the official.
Source: The News
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